| aehurst |
07-28-2008 08:43 AM |
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Originally Posted by tlarkin
(Post 484801)
I have set up a few things like this for clients in the past that wanted to have some sort of watch dog of what their kids use and do over the internet. I used to do things at the router level for my clients until one of my bosses pointed me to that product. I have to say it is pretty impressive for free. I still set up the router security as well, better to have layers of security over just one item. I guess in this case it is more of filtering than security. Also, if you use Open DNS ( www.opendns.org) it will block a lot of those malicious sites automatically that may be filled with porn or whatever other inappropriate material for youngsters.
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Open DNS is fairly good, but does have some holes, particularly for those of us stuck with a dynamic IP address. At login, software updates your IP to openDNS, but then it takes 5-10 minutes for that update to be pushed out to their servers. Also, openDNS is not a content filter. Unsavory sites have to be reported to them and there is a time lag.
K-9 works well. For example, a google search for "porn" returns "no sites found." openDNS will return all the sites and one need only start clicking away to find one that is not yet blocked. That said, openDNS will block most disreputable sites that do not have objectionable content, but have been reported as dangerous, fraudulent or known to be virus infected.
Using both would seem to be prudent for the curious little ones' protection. |
